Palletizing robot puts Putter's pickles in their place.(Robotics Case Studies) From: Robotics World | Date: November 1, 2006| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2006 Douglas Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Aliments Putter's Food, Inc. (Sainte-Sophie, Quebec, Canada), a well-known eastern Canadian producer of a wide variety of pickled vegetable products, found themselves in a bit of a production pickle. Their manual end-of-line palletizing operation was limiting their processing capacity, particularly during their peak season between July and mid-November, when Putter's typically runs up to 12,000 cases per day, operating one 10-hour-plus shift, five or six days a week.

According to Putter's Owner and President Alvin Goodz, "Even with three people palletizing, we couldn't take ...

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